Horama Explained

Horama is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species

• Horama diffissa Grote, 1866
• Horama grotei Butler, 1876
• Horama margarita McCabe, 1992
• Horama oedippus (Boisduval, 1870)
• Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793)  - Texas wasp moth
• Horama pennipes (Grote, 1866)
• Horama plumipes (Drury, 1773)
• Horama pretus (Cramer, [1777])
• Horama rawlinsi McCabe, 1992
• Horama tarsalis Walker, 1856
• Horama zapata Dietz & Duckworth, 1976

Former species

• Horama clavipes (Boisduval, 1870)

References

• ; 1976: A review of the genus Horama Hübner and reestablishment of the genus Poliopastea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (215) abstract and pdf
• ; 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1–239.
• 1992: Caribbean Horama (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae) with new species and notes on mimicry. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94 (2): 243–248. BHL

External links

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
• Web site: Savela . Markku . Horama Hübner, [1819] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 18, 2019.